Algernon Tudor Craig (55 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1910. Hardcover. Very good copy in original cloth covers. Cover is lightly worn. Lightly foxed, remains very good. . . . .

Condition: Very Good. 1910. Hardcover. Very good copy in original cloth covers. Cover is lightly worn. Lightly foxed, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 153 pp.+ 12 Full-page Color Plts & Other Illus, Orig Blue Hardback with Color Plt tipped-on Front Cover of Man on White horse Holding the English Flag, 4to, owner circular stamp on title page else Good, no DJ, 1st ed.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Bumping. Faded spine. Content is tanned. No DJ.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Copy in illustrated cloth on boards. Boards have damp discolouration. Cracks in front and rear hinges. Some light internal cracks. Light tanning to front and rear end papers. Coloured frontis. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with colour and b/w plates.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. The boards are quite shelf rubbed, edge worn and marked. Internally, there is a dark scribble under the front board and heavy tanning and foxing throughout, but the pages remain complete and legible despite this. The binding is secure. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Firmly bound, decorated blue cloth boards. Base corner of back cover is creased and torn, it was supported by small tapes. Scuffing mainly on the outer edges, marks on back cover. Front inner hinge cracked. Few marks on back end papers. Base of illustration after page 74 is detached.…

Condition: Used - Good. Good hardback. 1st edition. Dark blue cloth with gilt; pictorial on-lay on front board; colour & monochrome illustrations. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown; pages yellowed with some foxing. Cloth darkened & shelf-worn on spine, with near-illegible title; title on front board very dull; boards a little marked. Note re death of King Edward VII loosely inserted.…

154pp. 4to. Original cloth with pictorial inlay, extremities and corners bumped. Colour frontispiece and plates, black and white illustrations. Edges yellowed, some offsetting to preliminary leaves. A very good copy.

Condition: Good. 1938. 119 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Rough cut pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine. …

1st edition worn orig. cloth Very Good tall octavo. 153pp., col. frontis., col. & b/w pls., text ills., appends., index, Nice colour plate mounted on front board. Neat ownership signature, boards & end papers rather worn o/w VG reading copy.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a fascinating chronicle of British military history from its earliest stages with Iron Age warriors to the glory days of the Roman Legions and the late 19th-century battles of the British Empire. The author traces the evolution of weapons and armor, tactics, strategy, and the role of discipline and morale in warfare, vividly conveying the excitement and drama of combat throughout the ages.The book explores the impact of military innovations, such as the introduction of cavalry and gunpowder, on the course of battles, and it also examines the broader social and political context in which wars were fought. Readers will gain insights into the lives of soldiers, the strategies of generals and the impact of warfare on the development of civilization. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. De Luxe Edition. A good copy of the de luxe edition in a soft leather binding with pictorial onlay to upper board. Some wear to spine ends and board tips. No. 198 of 500 copies signed by the co-editor, Algernon Tudor Craig. Patterned end-papers. No ownership inscription. 153 pages. Some browning to page edges. Colour frontispiece + 12 other illustrations of which 4 are in colour.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued).; 24.5 x 30 cm.; 1.1 kg.; 136 pages with black and white and colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. All edges bumped and turning inwards. The exterior shows wear marks, scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover. The spine is faded. The back cover has several stains. Some yellowing on the interior.The outside text block shows also some yellowing. Remaining interior with minor signs of wear.; LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 884.; "For two reasons I am happy to be allowed to write a short "Foreword" to Sir Algernon Tudor-Craig's book on Armorial Porcelain; firstly, in token of our pleasant association of over thirty years; secondly, because I am delighted that Sir Algernon's unrivalled experience in this branch of collecting should be placed at the disposal of the general public. The great amount of careful research and of highly specialised knowledge that have gone to the writing of this book and to the compilation of the various lists of services contained in it, should render it invaluable. To be "personally conducted" round his collection of armorial porcelain is an unique experience. Not a piece but has its own special claim to notice-old tales of prowess in battle, illustrated by Augmentations to Arms; specimens of the services of three or four generations of one family; old scandals recalled-old memories of noted men revived by racily narrated anecdotes; odd coincidences in "matching up" various items of one service-all combine to convince one that of all forms of china collecting this particular branch is one of the most fascinating. While I appreciate and, of course, agree with the author's view that the vast majority of armorial services were of Chinese manufacture and decoration, I remember that some years ago Mr. Crisp showed to Dr. Howard and myself an original letter which he had purchased, together with some armorial china. The letter in question, which was dated, I think, in 1775, was from a Naval Lieutenant in China to his mother in the South of Ireland, and in it he stated definitely that the service which he had bought in England had been decorated to his order in China, and that he was bringing it back with him to his mother. I cannot be sure, after this lapse of time, if he mentioned the service as emanating from Lowestoft or not, but I do know that we were all three much puzzled by this contemporary evidence so contrary to our own views, and so directly opposed to the then popular theory that, while such porcelain might have been made in China, it was decorated in England. It would be interesting to know if other owners of family armorial services have any similar contemporary documentary evidence." foreword by Sir Henry Farnham Burke, K.C.V.O., C.B., F.S.A, Garter King of Arms, College of Arms, London, 15th July, 1925.…

Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Armorial Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century, by Sir Algernon Tudor-Craig, with a foreword by Sir Henry Farnham Burke. First edition published by The Century House, London, in 1925. Large-format hardcover, 136 pages, richly illustrated with colour and black-and-white plates. An important reference work on 18th-century Chinese armorial porcelain, British heraldry and genealogy. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and armorial decoration. The cover shows staining, fading and signs of age, as visible in the photographs. Please examine all images carefully for condition. A scarce and highly collectible work, particularly suitable for collectors and researchers of Chinese export porcelain, ceramics and heraldry. Bibliographical details: Author: Sir Algernon Tudor-Craig Title: Armorial Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century Publisher: The Century House Place: London Year: 1925 Edition: First edition Format: Hardcover, large quarto Pagination: 136 pages Language: English Condition: Used; cover stained and faded; illustrated throughout.…

First, Limited Edition of 1,000 numbered copies. -- Includes 3 color photos and dozens of black-and-white photos of the pieces with coats-of-arms. -- Ephemera included: Author's SIGNED letter saying that the recipient's pieces are illustrated in the book; two bills of sale 1924 for porcelain; publisher's prospectus; news clipping book review. -- Hardcover, 136 pages, 9.5x12 inches, cover with beveled edges, page edges deckled, owner gift note dated 1937. Condition: very good minus (spine lightly sunned; splash stains on rear cover; endsheets foxed but pages and plates are clear). The ephemera are very good condition but do have folds and clip marks. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. VG "Edition de luxe" The Army Pageant was held as a display of British military might down the centuries and to rais efunds for a military charity. The book carries the scripts of the series of episodes used to illustrate scenes from historical battles and also includes notes on the armour and weaponry of each period. The trade edition was bound in blue cloth but this edition, limited to 500 copies (this is no. 201) was signed by one of the editors (AT Craig) and bound black morocco leather with gold lettering. The front carries a colour vignette of a horseman and the Union Flag. There are patterned gold endpapers with gold tooling around the inside edges of the boards and the top edge is gilt. There are 13 plates, 5 of them in colour. The covers are lightly scuffed in places and have rubbed corners but the binding is solid and the gilt remains bright. The pages are lightly browned around the margins but otherwise the book is very good throughout. Very rare in this edition. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: Very Good. 1910. Hardback. 4to. 153pp. 1st edition. Rebound in 1/4 calf over modern marbled boards, bright hand tooled gilt title on the spine, raised bands, gilt cross bands and tooling & new end papers for tight binding. Pages are slightly browned but clean. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3 volumes, a very nice set in original cloth, pp341, 119, + 227, with plates, inquire for postage outside U.K.

153 pp. Illustrated in black and white and color. Tall 8vo, publisher's blue cloth with mounted color illustration. First edition. A fragile book, the paper quite brittle. A very good copy with the spine a little hand-soiled, and a few small smudges to pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Numbered, limited edition. The illustrated study of 18th Century Armorial porcelain. Internally very good in marked black cloth with faded spine (see photos). Number 721 of an edition of 1,000 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited edition. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 136pp. Incl. Index. Limited to 1000 copies. Illustrated with three color plates and many monochromatic. Dark blue cloth, gilt stamped. Spine lightly faded. Light foxing and toning to endpapers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. pp vi, 136. Frontis and 2 colour plates, 104 black and white illustrations. Original publisher's black buckram, lettered gilt on spine and on front cover with top edge gilt. No. 831 of 1000 copies. Foreword by Sir Henry Farnham Burke. Heraldry, Worcester armorial porcelain, Chinese porcelain, etc. Sound, very good ex-library copy; slightly faded on spine with occasional label and stamps.…

First Edition. Large hardcover, no jacket, very good with slight shelf wear. Illustrated. Number 926 of only 1000 copies.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Limited and numbered edition; 73/1000. Physical description; 2 p. l., vi, 136 p. col. front, illus. (incl. ports.) col. plates 30 cm. Notes; "One thousand copies only of 'Armorial porcelain of the eighteenth century' have been issued. This is copy no. 73" Includes index. Contents; Its origin -- Its date -- Its heraldry -- Its genealogical interest -- Special services -- List of Chinese services -- Porcelain of the city companies -- Worcester armorial porcelain -- List of Worcester services -- English armorial porcelain, continued -- Collectors, prices and fakes -- Mottoes on Chinese porcelain -- L'envoi -- "Dreams in Porcelain" -- General index. Subjects; 1700-1799. Heraldic porcelain. Porcelain England History 18th century. Porcelain, Chinese. Heraldry Great Britain History 18th century. Heraldry. Porcelain. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. 4to. Pp. vi, 136. Frontispiece; thoroughly illustrated with three color and 54 b&w plates; index. Elegantly bound in dark blue linen with gilt lettering. Spine is lightly sun-faded, as is top front edge. TEG; fore-edge untrimmed. Very Good. Number 817 of 1,000 copies. This thorough study assesses ceramics ordered by British houses from China in the 18th C. The high quality of the book, as a survey and as a book-arts production, warrants attention. A lovely book. Decorative Arts (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. 1910. Hardback. 4to. 153pp. 1st edition. Rebound in 1/4 calf over modern marbled boards, bright hand tooled gilt title on the spine, raised bands, gilt cross bands and tooling & new end papers for tight binding. Pages are slightly browned but clean. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…